Executing a script in selenium python

Question

I am trying to execute this script in selenium.

<div class="vbseo_liked">
<a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8355" rel="nofollow">Nyaralego</a>
,
<a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8870" rel="nofollow">Sikonge</a>
,
<a href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/member.php?u=8979" rel="nofollow">Ab-Titchaz</a>
and
<a onclick="return vbseoui.others_click(this)" href="http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html#">11 others</a>
like this.
</div>

This is my code to execute it.

browser.execute_script("document.getElement(By.xpath(\"//div[@class='vbseo_liked']/a[contains(@onclick, 'return vbseoui.others_click(this)')]\").click()")

It didn't work. What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Find the element with selenium and pass it to execute_script() to click:

link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]')
browser.execute_script('arguments[0].click();', link)

---

Since I know the context of the problem, here is the set of things for you to do to solve it:

• click on the "11 others" link via javascript relying on the solution provided here: How to simulate a click with JavaScript?

• make a custom expected condition to wait for the element text not to ends with "11 others like this." text (this is a solution to the problem you had at Expected conditions with selenium):

  class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object):
   def __init__(self, locator, text):
   self.locator = locator
   self.text = text
   def __call__(self, driver):
   try :
   element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip()
   return not element_text.endswith(self.text)
   except StaleElementReferenceException:
   return False
  

Implementation:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.common.exceptions import StaleElementReferenceException
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
class wait_for_text_not_to_end_with(object):
 def __init__(self, locator, text):
 self.locator = locator
 self.text = text
 def __call__(self, driver):
 try :
 element_text = EC._find_element(driver, self.locator).text.strip()
 return not element_text.endswith(self.text)
 except StaleElementReferenceException:
 return False
browser = webdriver.PhantomJS()
browser.maximize_window()
browser.get("http://www.jamiiforums.com/kenyan-news/225589-kenyan-and-tanzanian-surburbs.html")
username = browser.find_element_by_id("navbar_username")
password = browser.find_element_by_name("vb_login_password_hint")
username.send_keys("MarioP")
password.send_keys("codeswitching")
browser.find_element_by_class_name("loginbutton").click()
wait = WebDriverWait(browser, 30)
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//h2[contains(., "Redirecting")]')))
wait.until(EC.title_contains('Kenyan & Tanzanian'))
wait.until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID, 'postlist')))
# click "11 others" link
link = browser.find_element_by_xpath('//div[@class="vbseo_liked"]/a[contains(@onclick, "return vbseoui.others_click(this)")]')
link.click()
browser.execute_script("""
function eventFire(el, etype){
 if (el.fireEvent) {
 el.fireEvent('on' + etype);
 } else {
 var evObj = document.createEvent('Events');
 evObj.initEvent(etype, true, false);
 el.dispatchEvent(evObj);
 }
}
eventFire(arguments[0], "click");
""", link)
# wait for the "div" not to end with "11 others link this."
wait.until(wait_for_text_not_to_end_with((By.CLASS_NAME, 'vbseo_liked'), "11 others like this."))
print 'success!!'
browser.close()

• user3078335: selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: {"errorMessage":"'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'arguments[0].click()')",
• user3078335: That was the error message it gave me. Not sure what the reason is.
• user3078335: File "sele.py", line 55, in <module> wait.until(wait_for_text_not_to_end_with((By.CLASS_NAME, 'vbseo_liked'), "11 others like this.")) File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/support/wait.py", line 75, in until raise TimeoutException(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:
• alecxe: @user3078335 increase the timeout, e.g. 50 instead of 30. The solution worked for me.
• user3078335: i got this error. I feel like I owe you a beer. Thank you so much for all your efforts!